The Irish surname MacArtain became, in English, MacCartan, or sometimes Carton. This is an example of the error often found with Mac names beginning with a vowel, where the letter 'c' of Mac was carried forward to form the start of the name proper (i.e. – MacCann, MacCoy etc.)....
A list of Irish surnames beginning with the letter O. Many Irish surnames have a O’ in front in their Irish version, this list is mainly confined to those names where the O’ is commonly used in the English version of the name. O’Brien Found in:Clare, Limerick, very widespread. Orig...
Lenition (séimhiú) is a change in sound that occurs to the beginning of words caused by a preceding word, such as a preposition. Lenition is indicated by adding an h after the initial consonant. For example, the Irish for shoe is bróg, [brok] but my shoe is mo bhróg [mɔ vrok...
The pink-white hue of ‘lady’s smock’ or cuckoo flower is beginning to ‘paint the meadows with delight’ By Stephen ColtonApril 20, 2024 at 6:00am BST UK supermarkets ‘selling canned tuna caught by harmful fishing method’ The Blue Marine Foundation, alongside environmental groups Bloom ...
[name_f]Sadhbh[/name_f] / [name_f]Sadbh[/name_f] - I don’t love the Sad beginning even though it’s not pronounced the same. Not my favourite. Tuathla - Intriguing, but I’m more excited about other names on this list. ...
Kyle is an English boy name that means falcon, hunter, or woodsman. In a 1992 film, it meant orphan. The character from the Basque word ‘in’ implies sky, heaven, though it may be a short form of several English names beginning with Kyle. ...
I doubt whether they were separated by such a time depth. Thurneysen says that the relationship between British and Irish must have been extremely close at the time of the beginning of the Roman conquest, and that accords with my own (highly subjective) impression. Prior to the loss of Bry...
Ava is from one of two origins: either it's a form of Eve/Eva, in which case you could use the Irish for Eve, which is:Eábha/AW va/ or /YAW va/ orÉabha/AY uh va/. This last one would probably work best. Ava was also a pet form of names beginning with the German prefix...
Beginning in the late twentieth century, however, there has been a movement by some toward the Republican Party. ARMED FORCES The Irish, either as regulars or as volunteers, have served in all of America's wars. They fought with distinction in the Revolutionary War, most siding with ...
When you see an Irish name beginning with C, it’s always a hard C, Ó Séaghdha explains. So Cillian is “Kill-ee-an.” The Germanized version, Killian, used to be the dominant spelling in Ireland, says Ó Séaghdha, but in 2003 – the year after Murphy’s breakthrough movie ...